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Tailormade Chile's Highlights TMCH3

Tailormade Chile's Highlights

Chile’s natural wonders

From mountains to desert, this itinerary takes you from Chile’s capital, Santiago, to the beautiful volcanoes, mountains and, of course, lakes of the Chilean Lake District. Heading further south, you enter other-worldly landscapes of desert, canyons and sand dunes with wonderful changing colours as the sun sets and your day comes to an end.

Enriching tailormade journeys – for you

This bespoke journey features some of our favourite spots in Chile. You can choose to take our destination experts’ recommendations and travel just as you see the itinerary here, or contact us to add your own special touches; maybe a winelands excursion or extension to Easter Island. We’re here to design your perfect holiday. Call us on 0844 875 1896.

Tailormade Chile's Highlights - Comfort Version

1Depart the UK

Included Meals: None

2Arrive in Santiago de Chile

Arrive in Santiago de Chile and have an afternoon free to start to explore or relax. The city is a was founded in 1541 and today is a cosmopolitan mix of high-rise buildings, bars, restaurants, museums, galleries and theatres.

Overnight: Hotel Meridian Sur
Included Meals: None

3City tour

After breakfast, you will enjoy a half day city tour. Santiago enjoys a beautiful setting on a wide plain with the snow-capped Andes providing a dramatic backdrop. Fine buildings, statues and gardens pay testament to its colonial past and there are many interesting museums. On your tour, you’ll see the Presidential Palace of La Moneda and the Metropolitan Cathedral. The main street, Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins, leads to the main square, full of historic buildings. End with a climb to the summit of Cerro San Cristobal. This afternoon is free for you to explore at your leisure.

Overnight: Hotel Meridian Sur
Included Meals: Breakfast

4Santiago

Spend the day at leisure.

Overnight: Hotel Meridian Sur
Included Meals: Breakfast

5San Pedro de Atacama

Fly to San Pedro de Atacama. Set high amongst the spectacular volcanoes of the Chilean Andes, San Pedro is a small oasis that was once the centre of the Atacama indigenous culture. Its dusty streets and majestic setting still exude a flavour of a distant past, while the area also provides a gateway to the dramatic landscapes of the Atacama Desert.

Overnight: La Casa de Don Tomas
Included Meals: Breakfast

6Moon Valley Tour

Take a half-day Moon Valley Tour, with guided walks through the colourful geology of the Cordillera de la Sal, composed of eroding salts and minerals. The area has steep canyon walls, sand dunes and soaring Andes peaks in the background at all times. There are great photo opportunities as the colours change, especially at sunset.

Overnight: La Casa de Don Tomas
Included Meals: Breakfast

7El Tatio Geysers

Today is a very early start to reach the El Tatio Geysers at an altitude of 4,300m before sunrise. It is the highest geothermal field in the world. At dawn, powerful spurts of steam shoot up from various blowholes. You will have enough time to enjoy this beautiful natural wonder before returning to San Pedro de Atacama for an afternoon at leisure.

Overnight: La Casa de Don Tomas
Included Meals: Breakfast

8Puerto Varas

Transfer to the airport for your flight to Puerto Montt and transfer to Puerto Varas. Puerto Varas is a charming city on the shores of Lake Llanquihue. There are spectacular views across the lake of majestic snow-capped volcanoes surrounded in native forest.

Overnight: Colonos Del Sur Hotel
Included Meals: Breakfast

9Osorno volcano and Vicente Perez Rosales

A full day exploring the scenic beauty of the region. Leave your hotel and journey around Lake Llanquihue, from here zig-zag uphill to one of the craters where you can look into it. Continue climbing and you'll be rewarded with stunning views of Lake Llanquihue and the ocean beyond. You’ll also visit National Park Vicente Perez Rosales, to see the Rio Petrohué falls and beautiful Todos Los Santos Lake.

Overnight: Colonos Del Sur Hotel
Included Meals: Breakfast

10Punta Arenas

Transfer to the airport for your flight to Punta Arenas. Upon arrival you will be welcomed and transferred to your hotel. Founded in 1848, Punta Arenas is one of the most southerly cities in the world. The settlement began life as a military fort to reinforce the Chilean claim to sovereignty over the Magellan Strait, on which it sits. In its early years the 'undesirables' of Chile were sent to its penal colony. This is a place of history, nature and a stepping stone to Torres del Paine.

Overnight: Plaza Hotel
Included Meals: Breakfast

11Torres del Paine National Park

Transfer to Torres del Paine National Park. Torres del Paine has one of the most famous and beautiful landscapes in the whole of Patagonia. The park’s name comes from the Native American word ‘payne’ meaning pale blue: acknowledgment of the striking turquoise lakes that adorn this astonishing environment. Today is free for you to arrange excursions locally, sail around the chain of icebergs to the glacier on Lake Grey or walk beneath the towering granite peaks of the immense Paine Massif.

Overnight: Hosteria las Torres
Included Meals: Breakfast

12Torres del Paine National Park

Today is free – you may want to trek the Las Torres Ascencio trail. You will walk through beautiful lenga forests and get up-close to the astounding Towers of Paine. Throughout the excursion you will walk through bushes, streams and moraines. Then you will continue by foot up towards the base of the towers. Or take a walk to Mirador Cuernos viewpoint and walk along Lago Grey beach and view icebergs calved from a huge glacier floating down towards the beach. Later this afternoon it is possible to book an optional boat trip along the Serrano River up towards the glacier.

Overnight: Hosteria las Torres
Included Meals: Breakfast

13Santiago de Chile

Today you will be transferred back to the airport for your flight to Santiago.